Night Fishing
Henri Chopin, Luc Peire, Tjerk Wicky Pêche de nuit, FR, BE, CH, 1963, 12', SD video
Phonetic poem: Henri Chopin
The experimental "phonetic" film Pêche de nuit was presented at a world premiere showing at Knokke in August 1963. The film was subsequently shown in Antwerp during the Benelux Experimental and Poetic Film Festival, winning the Sinjaal prize for experimental film.
Peire wanted to get to know my work. In 1961 he heard my first audio-poem Pêche de nuit on magnetic tape, the score of which had been published in 1958 in Cinquième Saison. For the film Luc Peire drew, in his own way, the scenery on sheets of cardboard which were filmed by a Swiss filmmaker Tjerk Wicky. Apart from the cardboard sheets, Wicky used a Pyrex dish filled with water and which we stirred with a finger during the shoots. It is Wicky and Peire who came up with the idea of using animations based on Peire's drawings, also staying close to the rhythms of the audio-poem. (Henri Chopin)
Wed 24/9 Kino SC 16:00
